This may be the best sentence I've read in roughly a decade:
"But Tim Sweeney and Mark Zuckerberg don't see themselves as pizza mob bosses."
Also reminded of Laurie Anderson:
"Heaven is exactly like where you are right now. But much, much better."
In the same way Capitalism is based on the Protestant Work Ethic (see: Max Weber) the Metaverse is based on a kind of evangelical eschatology, where the imperfections of the real world will be transcended by techno-utopianism.
Something is always being transcended in these fantasies. But unfortunately this turns into denial of reality and refusal to engage with it in an adult way.
"Let's all live in a shared delusion where the physical world doesn't matter."
"But Tim Sweeney and Mark Zuckerberg don't see themselves as pizza mob bosses."
Also reminded of Laurie Anderson:
"Heaven is exactly like where you are right now. But much, much better."
In the same way Capitalism is based on the Protestant Work Ethic (see: Max Weber) the Metaverse is based on a kind of evangelical eschatology, where the imperfections of the real world will be transcended by techno-utopianism.
Something is always being transcended in these fantasies. But unfortunately this turns into denial of reality and refusal to engage with it in an adult way.
"Let's all live in a shared delusion where the physical world doesn't matter."
t's almost literally la la land.